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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-05-05

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MY father John Bendy. Co +. 61st Pa. was killed
vi at battle Of Malvern Ill., July l. 1867 between
and O'Clock. He had in his possession at time Of his
death family picture containing his wife, four and
daughter. Any one knowing the whereabouts Of said
picture will be literally rewarded BY addressing Henry
III. Bendy, $40 Washington avenue, Allegheny City Pa
29S-2t
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03

Freedom from restraint is a hard thing
for a man who drinks TO excess. have
been in the Washingtonian home, at Chi
cago, for three months at a time, and
came out feeling well, with my head
clear and a determination not TO
taste liquor again. One curious thing
which ! cannot explain TO my W salts
faction is that while in the home, after
the first week, | seemed 10 have no de-
sire for iutoxicants at all, but the very
next morning after | had been at liberty,
though / had not been near a saloon, nor
been in any way brought into contact
with liquor, vet the old feeling Of gone
ness in the stomach, and an intense de-
sire for something To ''brace up" on
returned with almost irresistible force.
/ wish | could account for it, for in
every other respect | felt just as well as
when confined in the institution. have
tried drinking coffee, have taken various
specifies. and kept tobacco, gum and
different kinds of herbs and roots in my
mouth, but all in vain. cannot con-
ouer the intense desire for liquor which
has blasted my life and made my once
happy home a scene of wretchedness and
misery. Ny only safety seems to be in
being locked up. When l once taste
whisky or beer, then nothing can keep
me from getting drunk, and o than
GO without a drink ! would part with the
clothes on my back. The feeling of
weakness of which | spoke is regular and
persistent, coming on every morning
about 10 O'Clock, and if ! am at work,
or on the street. it seems as though l
would faint if l did not get the stimu-
liant. But this feeling does not exist
when | know that | cannot get out to OBJ
tain it. | believe the desire is more a
mental than a physical disease .-Globe-
Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
A Car Coupler Wanted.

Among railroad men il Is universally
admitted that the common method OF
coupling cars is about rs primitive and as
dangerous 10 life and limb rs can be de.
visel, and that the man who inyents a
proper substitute for il will reap both
fame and fortune. The patent office has
issued over 5000 patents for improved
and automatic couplers, and yet none has
been invented which seems 10 he perfect
under all the requirements Of railrOading.
Many men have spent the best portions of
their lives in devising couplers only to
Mind when they were subjected to practical
use that they had defects that were fatal
and could not be corrected.
Said an inventor: There are plenty of
couplers that are practical and safe, but
the great trouble is hat their first cost is
a little more than that Of the ordinary
man killer, and as money is dear and
brakemen are cheap they won't adopt
them
II hardly think that is fair TO the rail-
roads, responded a third. 'In my opin-
ion, the great obstacle TO the adoption Of
automatic couplers is the lack Of uniform
ity in the height OF cars. The master
car builders have adopted a standard, but
they have no means Of enforcing il on
roads. II all the cars could be made of
ont uniform height, there would be but
little difficulty in devising an automatic
coupler that would work; but at present
you might as well try to make a straight
stick without two ends as a coupler that
will do the work required by present cir
cumstances. New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03

Some Of the miscreants who infest the
barriers Of the metropolis. rendering
night horrible TO those who are hurrying
at a late hour to their homes in those
localities, have hit on a brilliant expedi-
ent for first decoying and then rifing the
pockets Of tardy w~ayfarers. On arriving
at one Of the most deserted spots a peace
able citizen, taking a hasty survey of the
position, saw. as he believed. three police
men walking side by side with measured
step. Quite treasured, he pushed boldly
N but he had scarcely passed the
guardians Of order when he felt a lasso
playing round his neck, and in a trice he
was on the ground and gagged, while he
was Invested Of whatever cash and other
yaluables he happened to have about
him, The men whom he had mistaken
for policemen were ruffians Of the deepest
dye, and their attitude and steady march
were merely intended 10 disarm the sus-
picions of the solitary pedestrian. A
regular band has been at this work from
10 O'Clock in the evening till the small
hours Of the morning, and several vic.
tins have been captured in the most
skillful and methodical manner with the
lasso.-Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
The Russian and His Ration.

The simplicity Of diet To which the Rus
sian Is accustomed gives him Il great adj
vantage in enduring the privatlois OF a
campaign. Where an Englishman would
be half starved the Russian finds his ra-
tions sufficient. According tothc Armed
Strength Of Russia, ~ the men receive a
mess allowance which is calculated 10
give them One-third of a pound Of meat
on one hundred and ninety-six days of the
year. The remaining one hundred IN
sixty-nine days are observed as fasts, ae-
cording 10 the rules of the Greek church.
In addition, about two pounds OF Hour,
which the men bake into bread for them
selves, Or one pound thirteen ounces OF
biscuit is issued per man, and to this is
added four and four-tifths ounces OF
greats, four-ffths ounces of salt, and for
every one hundred men eleven and seven
tenths ounces Of tea and two pounds three
tenths ounces Of sugar.
As against this, the daily field ration Of
the British soldier is one pound Of meat,
one and one-half pounds bread OF one
pound biscuit, one-third ounce coffee, one
sixth ounce tea, two ounces sugar, and
one-half ounce of salt. and when hard
work is being done another half pound Of
meat is added if possible, and it is also
usual To serve out two ounces compressed
vegetables or four ounces preserved pota-
toes. AT home groceries and vegetables
are not issued as ratiOns, but a sum not
exceeding three pence a day is stopped out
of the mems pay to form a mess fund, out
of which they supply themselves with
such extras. The difference in the fare of
the two armies is sufficiently striking; and
the thought Immediately arises, how could
the multifarious wants of Englishmen have
been supplied in the snowy passes of the
Balkans, or how would the British sol
der have worked on Russian rationsS The
weight of the English daily ration is
about three and one-haf pounds, that of
the Russian is about two pounds. Every
Russian regiment has on hand eight days
supply of biscuits, which is renewed once
a month. When marching five days
supply is carried with the regimental
wagons and three days allowance by the
men themselves. -The Argonaut.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
Packing Boxes Made Ont West.

Space is so valuable to New York mer-
chants, and particularly those engaged in
the dry goods trade, that they prefer pur-
chasing the packing boxes in which they
send off their goods to making them
upon their own premises.
To manufacture a sufficient number for
their daily need would require consider
able room, and the rent for such accom-
modations would more than offset the
amount saved. Therefore they purchase
them from men who make the sale of
such boxes a speciality. Their places of
business are 10 he seen in all quarters.
Generally they choose some piece Of prop
erty, which. through litigation or other
causes, has not been built upon, where
the rent is trivial and the lease Of short
date, and buy up all the old boxes they
can lay hold of. These they patch up and
sell at a considerable advance. There are
Others in the business, however, who are,
in the true sense of the word, manufac-
turers. Some of them conduct q safe and
profitable business upon a small scale,
while others launch thousands of dollars
in the enterprise. These latter are mostly
men residing in Michigan, who buy lum-
Der by the wholesale. They have saw
mills Of their own. in which they manu-
facture the parts Of a box complete, ac-
cording to- careful measurement. The
different portions are numbered and sent
to eastern shippers, who have only to nail
them together according TO directions to
have a perfect packing box. Such boxes
can be produced at remarkably low prices,
and the dealers in this city cannot sue
c~essfully compete with their western RI
walls. In fact, the business has grown to
such proportions in Michigan that several
firms have invested thousands in forest
lands in order 10 procure timber at the
lowest possible cost.-New York Mail and
Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
Water VIII Not Burn.

II is a matter If general belief that by GER
tain chemical processes water can be made
10 burn. Now, combustion, in almost every
instance, is a process of combination Of
oxygen, and water Is a completely oxidi1ed
body; that il, all the afinities Of the n.y.
drogen have been combined with an equal
number Of those Of oxygen. The chemi-
cal reaction which would be accompanied
with heat and light has already taken
place, and cannot be repeated. It is true
that we can decompose water into its con-
stituent gases, and produce the phenome-
o Of combustion by recombining them;
but IL IL not the water which IL burned in
such a case, but the hydrogen gas OBJ
ained from il. The man who twas born
70 set the river on fire. must he classed
with other mythical personages.-Popula
Science News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
The German Pickpocket.

The German pickpocket differs ma
terially in his methods from his English
brother. He is master of what is called
''l'esbrouffe," which consists in the old
trick Of colliding violently with the VIC
tim and profiting by the %latter's confu-
sion to relieve him of his watch or pocket
book. He frequents the race courses and
large Shops, and he is frequently met
with in large financial establishments,
where people go to deposit or draw
money. where he watches for the right
person t ocome along. The Germans are
more skillful al this method of pocket
picking than any other nation.-New
York Graphic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
BABY HUMORS
And ell Skin and Scalp Diseases
Speedily Cured by Cuticura.

Orr little son win be four years Of age on the
?bth inst, In May, lsS5, he was attacked with a
very painful breaking outot the skin. We called In
aPhysician who tr,aied him Tor about four weeks,
The chi d received little or no good from the
treatment, Us the breaking out, supposed hy the
physician TO be hives in al aggravated TOM, be-
came larger In blotches, and more and more dis
lressing, We were frequently obliged TO ger up in
III night and rub him In soda an water, strong
liniments, etc, Finally. we called other physi,-
ians. until no less than six had attempted > cure
him. all alike failing, and the child steadily ge..
ting worse and worse, until about the 9Hh OF last
July, when we began TO give him CuTICURA RE.
SOLVENT internally. and the CUTICCRA
and tuTlCuRA SOAP externally, and BY the
last Of August he was so nearly well that we gave
him only one dose Of. he REsoLyENT about every
second day for about ten days longer. and he has
never been troubled since with the horrible NAL
ady. In all we used less than one half OF a bottle
ofthe CuTICrRA REsoLyENT. and a little less than
one box Of CrTIcuRA, and only one cake OF CuTI.
CURA SOAR
IA. J.. RYAN, Cayuga. Livingston Co., III.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this fourth day
OF January, 1857. c. n. COZ, J. +.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
The Hnfls RIfe.

The curious feature in the bats bite Is
that it is hardly ever felt, even when the
person attacked is awake. ] myself had
a remarkable illustration Of this, and
stood with n man who was rcmarking
that he could not understand how people
always got so u~naccountahly bitten,
though while he was actually making
this remark in the dusk a bat was suck
ing one Of his toes, Is was evidenced by
the bat being seen by me and himself TO
fiutter away, while the mans toe, to his
great surprise, was found N h. bleeding
severely. - Alfred Simson's "Wilds Of
Ecuador"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
Tobacco and the Eyes.

Cigarette smoking IL doing more in
jury 10 the eyes than anything I know
or" aid an optician recently to a re-
porter.
"Smoking pipes or cigars Is bad enough,
but there Is something in the paper with
which the cigarette IL rolled that IL very
injurious 10 the eyesight. There are more
men and boys wearing glasses now than I
have ever known before, and ! attribute
Il all TO excess in tobacco smoking. Nine
out Of ten Germans wear s~pectacles. They
are inveterate smokers. New York
Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
The Carpet Beetle.

The carpet hectic, or buffalo moth, was
introduced into the United States from
Europe in 1872 and has since made us
home in all parts Of the country.-Arkan'
saw Traveller
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03

Experts state that the best modern
siege guns cost 900, 900, and it costs 5000
70 shoot ~ Of them only nee.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
2,l79 Prizes, amounting TO

2,l79 Prizes, amounting 10 s535,0oO
Application for rates 10 clubs should be made
only 10 the Office Of the Company In New Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address POSTAL NOTES. Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange In ordinary letter.
Currency by Express tat our eIpense) addressed
M. A. DAUPBIN.
New Orleans, La.
or NJ. A. DAUPBIN.
Washington, ID. C..
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03

Recent investigations have dispelled the
common belief that freezing purides
WATER.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
Rem NIB R .l.i. the a sss;s"ss e G .n'

Early, who are In charge Of the drawings, Is .
guarantee Of absolute fairness and integrity, that
The chances are oil equal and that no one can pos.
nbly divine what number viii draw a Prize,
REMEMBER that the payment of all Prizes IL
GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
signed by the President Of an Institution, whose
chartered rights are recognized in the highest
Courtsi therefore, beware Of any limitations or an.
noymous schemes
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03

We the undersigned Bans and Bankers will pay
all Prizes drawn In The Louisiana State Lotteries
which may DE- presented at our counters.
j.. II, OGLESBY. Pres. Louisiana Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAUN, Pres, State Nat, Bank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat. Bank.
CARL kOHN, Pres. Union National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-03
TICKET OFFICES:

TICKET OFFICES.
CHICAGO-2O5 Clark IT.
Depot. cor Polk ~. a. 5th Ave,
q" Palmer House.
Grand Pacific Hotel.
fremont House.
MILWAUKEE-395 broadway.
New Passenger station.
ST. PAUL-It3 last Third street.
Union Depot,
MINNEAPOLIs-I9 Nicoilet House Block.
Union Depot,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17
ICE THAT NEVER MELTS.
Heavy Mosses Which Make Alaska n
Natural Ice-Housp.


1t is remarkable. indeed, that so
much of the surface ground on the
Yudon is frozen solid to depth of
several feet. 1t is all the more so when
we come to realize the fact that during
the summer it gets as hot there as in
the South. During the heat of the past
season the miners found it a great con-
venience to go in bathing in the streams
at least twice day, and to seek the
shady places in which to rock the gold
out of the gravel. At the breaking up
of winter the hours of sunshine are
rapidly increasing, and continues so
until midsummer. when the sun beams
forth twenty-five hours out of the
twenty-four while on the high noun
tain peaks it is for period of several
days in June not entirely out of sight
during the twenty-four hours. But
during all this heat and long days of
continuous sunshine. the suns rays do
not penetrate the heavy MOSES that
cover nearly the entire surface of the
country, and, consequently. the frozen
ground underneath lies in that state us
if packed III an ice-houSe. After it
once becomes frozen, rs any damp
ground will do in the winter time, it
rapidly becomes covered with this
moss, which is of a remarkable rapid
growth, and attains depth Of some two
feet or more. During the heat of summer
this moss becomes dry to the depth of
several inches, and the miners think
that by continuous burning of it as
fast rs it dries they will soon have
the gravel bars along the creeks. at
least, cleared of, being of the impress
sion that when the gravel deposits arc
exposed to tho scorching rays Of the
sun, and rains and atmosphere, they
will readily thaw ont Whom winter
sets in tho hours of sunshine gradually
decrease until during the shortest days
tho sun shines but four hours out Ut
the twenty-four. But ut this period
the aurora il most intense and helps
very materially in diving darkness
from that drcary land. The Their
mometor goes down to seventy degrees
in winter, but the atmosphere is very
dry, and consequently, the cold is not
so peroeptible MS one would imagine
JuaeaW (A.GsbaJ Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17
Flags of the Confedercy.

The Confedercy had four flags, by tho
way, and not two, as is generally stated,
besides tho various State flags carried
by some of the regiments. The familiar
"stars and bars" was adopted in March,
1861, while the capital of the Confed-
eracy was still at Montgomery, and first
waved above the old State House in
Alabama. There were three horizontal
bars, two red and one white, with nine
white stars in circle on blue union
in the upper left-hand corner. This
was so much like the old gridiron that
t led to confusion and mistakes in the
icld. and in September of the same
year battle flag was adopted-a red
dag with thirteen white stars displayed
in blue stripes crossing the red field
diagonally, the whole having narrow
border. In 1868 the "stars and bars"
was supplanted by flag with white
field. having the battle flag in the
corner for q union. and on the 4th of
February, 1865, in order that this might
not be mistaken for flag of truce, the
outer half of the field beyond the union
was covered with vertical red stripe.
This was tho last flag of the Confed-
eracy. -PittSburgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17

Where there is ability there is re-
sponsibility What text for every
boy and girl to think about! If strong
in body, then they are responsible for
the care of the feeble. the weak folks.
If strodg in mind, then responsible for
their opinions, and the influence they
have, because they are strong in mind.
If courageous, then they are RESPONSE
BILE for the timid or the weak boys and
girls, who, through PRIDE might be led
into danger. If r ch. they are respon-
sible for the power that is inseparable
from the possession of money. If ia
cob Sharp had been poor man, he
could not have bribed other men to use
their office to obtain money. Ability
gives responsibility. A vegetable ha
no responsibility; it only grows to be
eaten. God gave man dominion over
the beasts, over the fowls of the air,
but by that power he made man re-
sponsibe for their care. Ability means
the power to do, and that means re-
sponsibility for the doing, and respon-
sibility for the method by which work
IS done. Christian Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17
A CHRISTMAS TURKEY.
1t Came all the Way from Japan-How 1t
Was Served.


1t Came all the Way from Japan-How 1t
Was Served.
Lura's Uncle Roy is in Japan. He
used to take Christmas dinner at Lura' s
home. Now he could only write her
papa to say box of gifts had been
sent, and one was for his little girl.
The little girl clappcd her hands.
crying: 20 mamma! don't you think
it is the chain and locket dear I'M
Gle said he would some time give
me?"
NO" replied her papa, reading on.
"Your uncle says it is turkey for
one"
".But we do not need turkeys from
Japan" remarked the little daughter,
soberly.
Her papa smiled and handed the
open letter to her mamma.
"Read it aloud, every Bit" begged
Lura, seeing her mamma was smiling,
too.
But her mamma folded the letter and
said nothing.
On Christmas eve the box, which had
just arrived, was opened, and every
one in the house was made glad with
a present. Lura's was a papier-mache
turkey, nearly as large Us the one
brought home at the same time by the
market-boy.
Next morning while the fowl in the
kitchen was being roasted, Lura plac-
ed hers before window and watched
people admire it as they passed. All
its imitation feathers, and even more
its red wattles, seemed to wish every
man and woman, boy and girl Merry
Christmas.
Lura had not spoken of the iewelry
since her uncle's letter was read. It's
not nice for one who receives II gift to
wish it was different. Lura was not
that kind of child.
When dinner was nearly over, her
papa said to her: "My dear, you have
had rs much of my turkey as you want
ed; if you please, will try some of
yours"
mine is what Uncle Roy calls tur-
key for one," laughed Lura. She turn
ed in her chair towards where her bird
had been strutting on the window-sill,
and added, in surprise: "Why, what
has become of him?n
At that moment the servant brought
in huge platter. When room had
been made for it on the table it was set
down in front of Lura's papa, and on
the dish was her turkey.
ooh, what fun!' gaily exclaimed the
child. Did uncle tell you to pretend
to serve it?"
81 have not finished what he directed
me to do" her papa said, with flour
ish of the carving-knife.
But, papa-oh, please!' Her hand
was on his arm. You would not spoil
my beautiful bird from Japan
A hidden spring was touched with
the point of the knife. The breast
opened, and disclosed the fowl filled
with choice toys and other things The
first taken out was a tiny box; inside
was gold chain and locket; the locket
held Uncle Roy's picture.
1t was a turkey for one-for only
Uncle Roy's niece. But all the family
shared the musement.-Lauina S.
GOodeCiaa, in Our Little Folks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17

The squars marks tho place where
;he likeness OF the writer is to go. A
photographer in the same neigborhood
sold reporter that he was doing a
,arge business in miniatures.
MY patrons are mostly young peo-
ple." he said. They are very particu-
lar about every little detail of tho pic
cure, and order rs many as ten and
twenty dozen ut a time. The photo
graphs are about the size of an ordinary
postage stamp and are gummed upon
The back. Some order their pictures
finished in colors. 1t takos consider
able time and skill to paint them salts
factorily. and thoy arc consequently
expensive; but such is the vanity of nry
patrons that they do not hesitate at
cost. IN Y. .NaH and E1prcSS.
-"Is time money!" asked n gentle
man of Il jowcler. 1T is said to be"
"Well, l bought this watch here -x
months ago, aud it has gained time
enough to pay for itself. "-CarJ PrSts-
US FeeblH
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-17
YOUTHFUL VANITY.
New York DudeIets who Sign Their Let
tors with Photocraphs

A strong evidence of youthful vanity
is the fact of FASTING miniature like
ness of the writer at tho bottom of a
letter where the signature properly be-
!ongs. An uptown stationer has re-
reived many orders for letter and note
paper to be engraved at the bottom eff
the sheet in this manner:
Yours very truly,